St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-04
TO GLORaFY GOD
We Must Bear GOOD Fruit.-A Ser.
mon by Rev. j. y. Hall

R6V. y. y. dall preached Ill the flTSG
Baptist church OH the subject of Fruitful
ness" selecting for his text the words,
Herein is my Father gloriied that We
bear much fruit. John, XIV, s. MI.
Hall said: Goods glory means the highest
good of the universe, and should therefore
be the object of the Christians life. We
bear the name of Christ, let us be like Him
who, in reviewing His life. and knowing
the spirit which possessed Him, could
truthfuly say, Father. 1 have gloriied
Thee He lived for the glory of the
Father, and IN teaching His disciples said,
Let your light SO shine before men that
others, seeing your good works. may be led
to glorify your Heavenly Father IT we do
not live for Gods glory we are shamed by
all creation. The angels are His servants
and wait upon His bidding. But more has
been done for us than for the angelic
world. God calls us sons and daughters;
they are but servants. The heavens de-
clare the glory of God and every star re-
minds us Of the power and wisdom of the
Almighty, but, looking up 10 them, the
Christian can say, My Father made them
ALL Shall not we, the objects of His spe-
cial care, the children of His love, place His
honor highest in our purposes, and whatso-
Here, then, we find how best we may.
glorify God. By bearing much fruit. Turn
to the Second epistle of Peter, and In the
first chapter we learn what is this fruit
which we have to bear: Faith, courage,
knowledge. temperance, patience, Godli-
ness, brOtherly kindness, universal benevo-
lence. Paul tells us that the fruit of the
Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
gentleneSS, goodness faith God pity us
for our barrennesS! Let us not forget that
it is fruit that God requires. The barren
fig tree had an abundance of leaves; it was
attractive to the eye. Jesus saw it afar
off. He came to it. He gazed upon it, He
cursed it. As that tree was attractive in
appearances, so there are many persons
of good standing in society whose lives are
not specially bad, but they are entirely bar
rem in spiritual things. They know naught
of the bliss of communion with God; they
see not the preciousness of the promises of
the divine word. They bear nothing but
leaves. While there are others, even in
the church, who make a great show of their
PROFESSIONALISM leaves-but they yield no
fruit. The Christian life is not one of
show, but one of deeds. And God calls
for fruit Let us remember that there is
nothing unreasonable in this request for
and the rich provisions made for us. There
ought to be fruit on our part in proportion
to the love and helpfulness of GOD unto us.
The Father has right to expect results
from His care and sacrifices for is family.
God has done great things us. The
supplies for fruit bearing are 1neXhausti-
BILE. Let US henceforth bear much fruit
for God because we have borne but little in
the past. Look to-day over your past.
How narrow, selfish and sinful it has been.
Shall the future be so? God forbid. The
time is short, opportunities are fast passing
away, say with Christ: Il must work
while it is day for the night cometh," and
filling up the rest of life with holy thoughts
and earnest deeds, We shall not be barren
in the day of the Lord.
THE ALDERMANIC OUTLOOK.
Probability That the Democrats
will Elect From Ten TO Four.
teen.
There are twenty-one aldermen to be
elected tomorrow, including one to fill the
vacancy in the Third ward. Ten Demo-
Gratis and six Republicans hold over, max
ing the new council contain thirty-six al
dermen. The Democrats are confident of
electing at least eleven or twelve of the
twenty-one. and many claim as high as
fourteen. The widest Republican claim
ON record is thirteen, which would give
them amajority of two in the council. The
Democrats claim from six to eight major
ity. 1t is almost certain the Democrats
will elect in the First. Third, Fourth, Sixth.
Seventh, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth,
while it is reasonable to believe they will be
successful in the Second and Ninth. The
Republicans reckoned without their host in
claiming the new wards. as majority of
them are almost surely Democratic, while
several of the old Republican wards are
trembling in the balance. In the First all
factions are united ON G. A. Hanscom,
and his election is assured, his ma
| jority depending only on the size of
vote which is turned out. T. G. Barrows
has earned the antipathy of workingmen in
| the Second, and will run behind. W. r.
Guile is good man and a strong candidate,
| and there is reason to believe a vigorous
| fight will elect him. The Third is safely
Democratic by good majority. Emerson
| Cole, in the Fourth, is also earnestly OPP